Miguel Roig

Location: Staten Island, New York, United States of America

About Me

I was an undergraduate at Jersey City State College (now New Jersey City University) from '75 to '79 and majored in philosophy and also in psychology. It was there that I was first introduced to parapsychology by taking courses from Michael Grosso. Subsequently, I attended St. John's University ('79-'81) where I earned a M.A. in general experimental psychology and was fortunate to have been assigned to Rex Stanford as his research assistant. From there I went over to the Newark campus of Rutgers where I earned a Ph.D. in Cognitive Studies in '89. That same year, I was hired as an assistant professor of psychology at the Staten Island campus of St. John's where I have remained ever since. While I have maintained an interest in parapsychology over the years, my main research is in the areas of academic and research integrity with special emphasis on various unethical writing and authorship practices, particularly plagiarism.

The Parapsychological Association is an international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of psi (or 'psychic') experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition. The primary objective of the PA is to achieve a scientific understanding of these experiences.

First established in 1957, the PA has been an affiliated organization of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1969. The PA is a non-profit, non-adjudicating organization that endorses no ideologies or beliefs other than the value of rigorous scientific and scholarly inquiry.